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Our objective is to enable the novice computer user to perform the installation

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Страница 1: ...ification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual The info...

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Страница 4: ...ernal Connectors 2 4 Jumpers and Switches 2 9 Presentation and Installation of the CPU 2 10 Installing System Memory i DRAM Memory j 2 17 Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS Standard CMOS Setup Menu 3 4 BIOS Features Setup Menu 3 6 Chipset Features Setup Menu 3 12 Power Management Setup Menu 3 14 PCI Onboard I O Setup 3 19 Load BIOS Defaults 3 24 Load Setup Defaults 3 24 Password Setting 3 25 IDE HDD A...

Страница 5: ...pendix C AMD K5 K6 CPUs Appendix D Cyrix IBM 6x86 CPUs Appendix E General Discussion about HDD Installation Appendix F Flash BIOS User Instructions Appendix G Installation of AGP driver Appendix H Installation of IDE Bus Master Driver Appendix I Technical Support ...

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Страница 7: ...IMM Dual In Line Memory Module slots meet the requirements for all memory configurations required by high level computing The 168 pin DIMM slots support EDO Extended Data Out DRAM and Synchronous DRAM SDRAM as a memory standard for next generation 64 bit systems The IT5A also provides two Universal Serial Bus USB ports and meets the Concurrent PCI Rev 2 1 standard It supports IDE interface for Fas...

Страница 8: ...o 233MHz Supports AMD CPUs 1 AMD K5 PR100 PR133 and PR166 2 AMD K6TM 166MHz to 233MHz 3 AMD K6 3DTM 266 to 300MHz Supports Cyrix IBM CPUs 1 Cyrix 6x86MXTM PR166 PR266 Supports IDT WinChip C6 CPU 200MHz Reserved circuitry supports future sixth generation CPUs 4 Chipset ALi Aladdin V M1541 M1543 chipset Supports standard version PCI 2 1 Supports AGP 66 133 MHz Side band 3 3V devices 5 L2 Cache Memor...

Страница 9: ... two 16550 serial ports Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M Supports PS 2 type mouse and keyboard 9 Other features Standard ATX architecture dimensions One AGP slot three PCI bus slots and two ISA bus slots and Supports 3 MODE for a special Japanese floppy disk drive Supports two bootable hard disks able to run two different operating systems Supports IDE ATAPI inte...

Страница 10: ...1 4 Chapter 1 n Layout diagram Fig 1 1 Layout diagram ...

Страница 11: ...Introduction of IT5A Features 1 5 n System block diagram Fig 1 2 IT5A System block diagram ...

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Страница 13: ...d will work for processors not listed in Chapter 1 For example the operating voltage of Cyrix s next generation CPU is unknown at present Thus we were not able to include these specifications in your motherboard We will supply further information about CPU support when new CPUs arrive on the market This chapter is organized according the following features Œ Installing the Mainboard to the Casing ...

Страница 14: ...ce computer user to perform the installation by themselves We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installation Please read our instructions carefully and follow them step by step ...

Страница 15: ...re are screw holes this means you can attach the mainboard with bolts If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the mainboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert it into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the mainboard into position aligned with the slots After the mainboard has been positioned check to make sure everything ...

Страница 16: ...e and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanation that follows we will describe the significance of the first pin Fig 2 1 External connectors layout PN2 Keylock connector Please pay attention to pin position and orientation This connector has a specific orientation Connect the five thread keylock connector cable to the PN2 connector pins on the mainboard Pin num...

Страница 17: ...ble to the PN1 connector pins on the mainboard Since most cases do not support this feature most of you should ignore this instruction Furthermore this feature is not necessary as it is already a part of the mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 SMI signal 11 GND PN2 HDD LED connector This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two thread IDE LED connector cable attached...

Страница 18: ...ep LED connector This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two thread Sleep LED connector cable attached to the case to the Sleep LED connector on the mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 9 LED s Cathode 10 LED s Anode FAN1 CPU Fan power connector This has a specific orientation Connect the three threads CPU fan cable to the FAN1 connector Pin number Name of the signal o...

Страница 19: ...ed to connect to the correct pins and in the correct orientation and to connect the power supply unit to the connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 3 3VDC 11 3 3VDC 2 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5VDC 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5VDC 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 POWERGOOD 18 5VDC 9 5VDC 19 5VDC 10 12VDC...

Страница 20: ...B PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a keyboard to this 6 pin Din connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Keyboard data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Keyboard clock 6 No connection Storage device connectors Watch the pin number and the orientation Connector name Pin number Name of the peripheral connected IDE 1 40 IDE Primary Channel IDE 2 40 IDE Secondary Channel FDC 34 Floppy Disk ...

Страница 21: ...in the BIOS menu You want to change the flash BIOS version All these errors are very serious you must avoid them But if you have made one of these errors this jumper can save your life First turn off the power supply and open the computer case Place the jumper on pins 2 and 3 in order to save your computer But if you use your computer normally you should not need to use this feature After you have...

Страница 22: ...he CPU For instance Intel Pentium P90 P120 and P150 all have a 60MHz external CPU clock but have different internal clock multiplier factors Clock multiplier factor The real operation clock within the CPU is the multiple of the external clock We refer to this factor as the clock multiplier factor The four factors possible are 1 5 1 75 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 The factor differs from one CPU to anot...

Страница 23: ... CPUs Cyrix 6x86L and 6x86MX The voltage of dual voltage CPUs has two components Vcore and Vio Vcore provides all the power for internal processing and its power consumption is quite important Vio provides the power necessary for the external interface of the CPU P Rating The P Rating was defined by some manufacturers other than Intel to rate the performance of their CPU in comparison with Intel P...

Страница 24: ...DS8 P100 66MHz 100MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF P133 66MHz 133MHz ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF P166 66MHz 166MHz ON ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF P200 66MHz 200MHz OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF P233 66MHz 233MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF AMD CPU AMD K5 K6 External Clock Internal Clock External Clock Factor Reserve External Clock Frequency DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 DS5 DS6 DS7 DS8 K5 PR100 66MHz 100MHz OFF...

Страница 25: ...ort The turbo mode will increase the external clock by about 2 5 It is used to verify the frequency tolerance at the design phase It is very important for the designer to conduct some tests Please do not setup the turbo mode during normal operation if you are not familiar with CPU architecture There are eight switches at SW2 DS1 DS3 are used to setup the rating parameter and DS6 DS8 are used to se...

Страница 26: ... 1 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 2 2 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 2 3 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 2 4 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 2 5 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 2 6 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 2 7 ON ON ON OFF OFF 2 8 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 2 9 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 3 0 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 3 1 ON ON OFF ON OFF 3 2 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 3 3 ON OFF ON ON OFF 3 4 OFF ON ON ON OFF 3 5 ON ON ON ON OFF ...

Страница 27: ...Installing the Mainboard 2 15 VIO VC6 VC7 VC8 3 3 OFF OFF OFF 3 38 OFF OFF ON 3 52 OFF ON OFF 3 60 ON OFF OFF 3 68 ON OFF ON 3 80 ON ON OFF 3 86 ON ON ON ...

Страница 28: ...r to speed up the operating speed of the system But if you don t want to modify these settings or if you don t know how to modify them it s no big deal But if you set the external CPU clock at 66MHz or more we recommend you use 60ns or even faster DRAM modules 2 Maximum memory capacity 256M bytes supported by this mainboard 168 pin DIMM modules are 64 bit so you can use single modules On the IT5A ...

Страница 29: ...kets Currently the standard for PC is 3 3V UNBUFFERED DIMM which is the standard supported by this series After installing the DRAM the BIOS of the mainboard will automatically detect the size of the memory installed on the mainboard The description of install 168 pin DIMM modules as follows The maximum memory size is 256M bytes Support possible for single density or double density memory modules ...

Страница 30: ...B 8Mx64 i 64M j 80MB 16Mx64 i 128M j 144MB 1Mx64 i 8M j 40MB 2Mx64 i 16M j 48MB 4Mx64 i 32M j 4Mx64 i 32M j 64MB 8Mx64 i 64M j 96MB 16Mx64 i 128M j 160MB 1Mx64 i 8M j 72MB 2Mx64 i 16M j 80MB 8Mx64 i 64M j 4Mx64 i 32M j 96MB 8Mx64 i 64M j 128MB 16Mx64 i 128M j 192MB 1Mx64 i 8M j 136MB 2Mx64 i 16M j 144MB 16Mx64 i 128M j 4Mx64 i 32M j 160MB 8Mx64 i 64M j 192MB 16Mx64 i 128M j 256MB 1 2 1 Indicates t...

Страница 31: ... ensuring your system performs at its best After the BIOS has completed the auto diagnostic and auto detection operations it will display the following message PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP M Don t change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you know what you are doing The parameters inside the BIOS are used to setup the hardware synchronization or the device operating mode If the parameters are not c...

Страница 32: ...see several options We will explain these options step by step in the following pages but let us first look at a short description of the function keys you may use here Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup Press ô õ ö up down left right to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify in the main menu Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and exit...

Страница 33: ...passive You can read its data and you can also store data in it But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and in doing so you will loose all CMOS data therefore we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware or to put a label with t...

Страница 34: ... j Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs with a capacity less than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose three operating modes NORMAL LBA or LARGE ä Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less This mode directly uses positions indicated by ...

Страница 35: ...his mode that s why we recommend you use this mode The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported ä LARGE Mode When the number of cylinders CYLs of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it or if your operating system does not support LBA mode you should select this mode FDD supporting 3 Mode 3 Mode...

Страница 36: ... or Disable When this feature is enabled if there is any attempt from software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access the hard disk CPU Internal Cache This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU internal cache When the cache is set at Disable it is much slower so the default setting for this item is ...

Страница 37: ... process The default is Enable Boot Sequence When the computer boots up it can load the operating system from floppy drive A hard disk drive C SCSI disk drive or CD ROM There are many options for the boot sequence ä A C SCSI ä C A SCSI ä C CD ROM A ä CD ROM C A ä D A SCSI at least 2 IDE HDD can be used ä E A SCSI at least 3 IDE HDD can be used ä F A SCSI at least 4 IDE HDD can be used ä SCSI A C ä...

Страница 38: ...data When this item is enabled the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not and will choose the right settings for you 2 For further details about hard disk drive installation refer to appendix E Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When enabled you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow Typemati...

Страница 39: ... you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used the MPEG card Delay IDE Initial This item is used for supporting some older models or special type...

Страница 40: ...adow feature or not If you have do not have an interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D4000 D7FFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an interface card at the address D4000 D7FFF uses the shadow feature or not If you do not have an interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address rang...

Страница 41: ...s a SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is often very slow With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM When the CPU runs this BIOS the operation is speeded up ...

Страница 42: ...e LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option Fig 3 4 Chipset Features Setup You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn and to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press ESC to go back to the main menu Auto Configuration This option allows Enable or prevents Disable the BIOS from using default values for Auto Configuration The BIOS default is Enable ä When you sel...

Страница 43: ...on and speed we recommend you do not change the DRAM options but enable this option There are small differences in the chipset feature setup according to different mainboard models but this has no influence on performance Our default is the optimal setup That is why we do not describe all the features of this menu ...

Страница 44: ... These are referred to as Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode The four modes proc...

Страница 45: ...ze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour ä Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Standby 1 minute Suspend 1 minute PM Control by APM Power Management is completely controlled by the APM APM stands for Advanced Power Management it is a power management standard set by Microsoft Intel and other major manufacturers Modem Use IRQ...

Страница 46: ...ct Disable according to your use of the HDD Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour If no power management event occurs during this time period meaning that computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Doze power saving mode If this mode is disabled the system will enter the next mod...

Страница 47: ...his mode is disabled the system will not enter the Suspend mode Power Button Override Support ACPI Power Button Over ride The user presses the power button for more then four seconds while the system is in the working state then the system will transition to the soft off Power off by software This is called the power button over ride Resume by LAN Ring To connect a external modem with the onboard ...

Страница 48: ...S to reset the settings for the Plug Play ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time you boot up this option will automatically be set as Disabled ESCD Extended System Configuration Data The ESCD contains the IRQ DMA I O Port Memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By When you select Auto the BIOS will a...

Страница 49: ...S assign IRQ14 for use by the interrupt number INT of this PCI slot ä ISA If you select ISA it means that your PCI IDE card features a paddleboard and a cable that can be connected to IRQ on the ISA slot because the BIOS will not assign any IRQ to this PCI slot Attention Primary Channel and Secondary Channel The BIOS needs two independent interrupt number INT lines to be allocated to the PCI IDE c...

Страница 50: ... 278h IRQ5 and 378h IRQ7 Default is 378h IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Can be set as ECP EPP ECP EPP or Normal SPP mode Default is Normal SPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is ECP the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3 EPP Mode Select When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is EPP two EPP version options are available EPP1 7 or EPP...

Страница 51: ...aster drive PIO Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default ä Mode 0 Mode 4 User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate Slave drive PIO Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default ä Mode 0 Mode 4 User can specify the...

Страница 52: ...oad Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance When you choose this option the following message is displayed Load Setup Defaults Y N N If you want to use BIOS Setup default values press Y than Enter to complete the loading of the settings for best performance You should first load the best settings then enter the CPU Soft Menu to se...

Страница 53: ...age is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press Enter The password setting is completed Password clearing procedure When you select the Password setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press Enter the message Password Disable is displayed Press a ke...

Страница 54: ...mation on to the hard disk information section If the CMOS data was erased and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications problems ensued But now you can use this option to auto detect the hard disk type and specifications and the BIOS will automatically detect all the relevant information and place them on the Hard Disk data section of the Standard CMOS Setup Menu in order to allow you to use...

Страница 55: ...tation you will not be able to insert the CPU if it is wrong Please refer to page 2 16 FDC Connect one end of the 34 pin cable that comes with the drive to the FDD connector and the other end of the cable to the FDC pin connector on the mainboard Note Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors IDE1 Connect one end of the 40 pin cable that comes with the driv...

Страница 56: ...OM2 on the mainboard Watch the pin position and the orientation PN2 There is a specific orientation for pin 1 to pin 5 Insert the five threads keylock cable into correct pins of connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 5VDC POWER LED 2 No connection POWER LED 3 Ground POWER LED 4 Keyboard inhibit Signal 5 Ground Watch the pin position and the orientation PN2 Ther...

Страница 57: ... or signification 8 Ground 9 Power on off signal PN1 This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two threads Green LED connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 9 LED s Cathode 10 LED s Anode PN1 There is no specific orientation for pin 4 to pin 7 Connect the four threads speaker cable to the PN1 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signa...

Страница 58: ...1 3 3VDC 11 3 3VDC 2 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5VDC 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5VDC 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 POWERGOOD 18 5VDC 9 5VDC 19 5VDC 10 12VDC 20 5VDC Mouse Connect your PS 2 Mouse connector to the connector on the mainboard KB1 There is an orientation pin Connect your keyboard connector to connector on the mainboard Installing ATX Power input connector Installing PS2 M...

Страница 59: ...PIN2 and PIN3 Some jumpers are reserved for future functions or are not to be adjusted in normal operation Adjust them according to the following recommendations CCMOS G Put jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above and completed the installation when you power the computer on you will see the following message displayed PRESS DEL TO EN...

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Страница 61: ...0MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Sx970 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0784 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C SY007 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0563 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0587 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0614 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0677 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0656 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD MD Yes P54C Q0698 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0697 100MHz 1...

Страница 62: ...MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Sk107 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0843 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY022 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0844 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY023 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS 133 MHz SU038 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SU073 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0882 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CS SY082 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CQS Q0733 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Yes Convert to P54CS P54CQS Sk...

Страница 63: ...Y037 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE No PPGA up P54CS 166MHz Q0951F 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Kit Yes PPGA P54CS SY044 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Kit Yes PPGA P54CS Q0836 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS Q0886 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS Q0890 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS SY072 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P55C Q0940 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3 3V CPGA P55C Q0942 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3 3V PPGA P55C Q975 166MHz 2 ...

Страница 64: ...or Power STD 3 15V 3 465V Recommended voltage is 3 38V VR 3 300V 3 465V Recommended voltage is 3 38V VRE 3 450V 3 6V Recommended voltage is 3 52V Timing STD Standard Timing MD Min Delay denoting shorter minimum valid delay AC timing for some signal Kit Supports timing for C55 C88 cache chipsets design P54C 1 Beginning with the P54C E Step standard timings have been replaced by existing Min Delay t...

Страница 65: ...erved Case Temperature Q 60 J R 70 J W 55 J X 65 J Y 75 J Z 85 J Internal Clock 100MHz 166MHz Processor name K5 Operating Voltage B 3 45V 3 60V C 3 30V 3 465V F 3 135V 3 465V G x y H 2 86V 3 00V 3 30V 3 465V J 2 57V 2 84V 3 30V 3 465V K 2 38V 2 63V 3 30V 3 465V x Vcore y Vio P Rating 100 133 166 Package Type A SPGA 296 pin ...

Страница 66: ...Appendix C C 2 MD K6 PR100 66MHz P Rating 100 133 166 200 233 266 300 Internal Clock 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz Processor name K6 ...

Страница 67: ...Us D 1 Appendix D Cyrix IBM 6x86 CPUs Recognizing Cyrix CPU speed and voltage 6x86MX PR166 133 MHz 2 9V Name of the processor 6x86MX P Rating 166 266 CPU Core Frequency 133 166 Center of Core Voltage 2 7V 2 8V 2 9V ...

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Страница 69: ... input output I O orders through the chipset on the mainboard to the hard disk drive and then puts this data into the system memory This is the PIO mode What is the Master mode When the system needs to access hard disk data this data is directly accessed from the hard disk by the chipset on the mainboard using a DMA or a PIO mode and then the data is put into the memory In this case the CPU does n...

Страница 70: ... reaches 4 16Mbyte sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 13 3Mbyte sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 16 6Mbyte sec Usually PIO mode means the hard disk data is only accessed by the CPU through the chipset and placed into memory and the chipset is using PIO mode to access hard disk data MASTER mode means that hard disk data is accessed by the chipset and the chip...

Страница 71: ... disk drives are set at Master as a default so you don t need to adjust any setting Just connect one end of the 40 pin cable on the drive connector and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard Installing one HDD one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Method 1 Set the HDD at Master and the CD ROM drive at Slave Connect one connecto...

Страница 72: ...Set the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master set the other HDD at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard You can ignore the setting of the CD ROM drive Connect one end of the 40 pin cable to the drive and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard We recom...

Страница 73: ...d to connector IDE1 on the mainboard Set another drive the second drive at Master and the third drive at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the second drive another connector to the third drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard Installing three HDDs one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Set...

Страница 74: ...enter the Standard CMOS Setup Menu to change the settings of the related hard disk drive Software use The basic step in using a hard disk drive is to make a HDD Low Level Format than run FDISK and than FORMAT the drive Most of present HDD have already been subjected to low level format at the factory so you probably can skip this operation Boot with a bootable floppy disk then enter FDISK Using FD...

Страница 75: ...ill reboot automatically Boot from a system floppy disk and type FORMAT C S Using FORMAT DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FORMAT is used to format the hard disk The HDDs have to be formatted before use Don t forget to add S after C otherwise the hard disk will not be bootable after formatting ...

Страница 76: ...Appendix E E 8 ...

Страница 77: ...EWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Sn CP CC Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Pn SAVEBIOS Notes NEWBIOS indicates file name for the new BIOS which can be downloaded from our website at http www abit com tw user can choose a different file name in place of NEWBIOS...

Страница 78: ...t can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be the following a Startup system files COMMAND COM MSDOS SYS IO SYS b AWDFLSH EXE c The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded from ABIT s website d AUTOEXEC BAT which has the following c...

Страница 79: ...r G 1 Appendix G Installation of AGP driver 1 The ALi AGP driver can be found on the CD ROM That comes with your motherboard 2 In the CD ROM directory fine the ALi AGP driver and execute the SETUP EXE See the Fig 1 Fig 1 Fig 2 ...

Страница 80: ... setup you will see the ALi M1541 AGP driver setup as in Fig 2 Please click next to go on Fig 3 4 All the files will be automatically installed 5 After you have completed the installation please restart your computer as shown on theFig 3 ...

Страница 81: ...of IDE Bus Master Driver 1 Please locate the Ali_IDE file on the CD ROM in order to install IDE bus master driver As Fig 1 Fig 1 2 Open the Win95 Of course make another choice if you are using a different operating system and click the install shown as the Fig 2 Fig 2 ...

Страница 82: ...g 3 3 Then click yes to setup IDE driver shown as Fig 3 4 Installation will be completed automatically once you see the following message on your screen as Fig 4 NOTE This version support the Ultra DMA 33 feature Fig 4 ...

Страница 83: ...ribed below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot F If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start note the VGA card model mainboard model Bios identification number CPU on the technical support form refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the problem description spa...

Страница 84: ...XEC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in front on the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN DOS HIGH UMB FILES 40 BUFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can b...

Страница 85: ...tep instructions given below 1 MODEL Note the model number given in your user s manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Example REV 2 11 3 BIOS ID See below Example 3R is the BIOS ID number 2A59GA1EC is the BIOS part number ...

Страница 86: ...he Brand space write AMD in the Specifications space write P75 7 HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check ü in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is þIDE1 Master Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ...

Страница 87: ...B 06 Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 COAST Indicate the brand and specifications of your COAST Example In the Brand space write Winbond in the Specifications space write 256KB or W25P010AF 8 C 11 ADD ON CARD Indicate which add on cards you are absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem origin indicate all t...

Страница 88: ...I 6 Appendix I ...

Страница 89: ...port Form Company name Phone J Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Mainboard model no DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications C P U HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM COAST ADD ON CARD Problem Description ...

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